Potomac High School - Prowler Yearbook (Dumfries, VA)

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For You Delivering Val-o-grams for the Junior Class, Ke¬ vin Phoenix makes every recipient ' s day. The money the juniors raised went toward Prom. Over There Decorating the cafeteria for the first Morp dance ever were members of the SCA Board, sopho¬ more Tracy Jarvis and senior Debbie Jarvis. Beating The Blahs Booooring. It was cold outside, so we couldn ' t rely on summer pastimes to chase away the blahs. Cruising around with the windows down and the stereo blasting just didn ' t cut it in thirty degree weather. The SCA decided to battle. Our Win¬ ter Festival, complete with dress-up days, was planned for the week of February 8 through 12. End-of-the- week festivities included a pep rally, which featured a six-minute senior- faculty basketball game, and a Morp. Morp--prom spelled backwards-was a new concept for Potomac. Basically, it was exactly backwards to the big May event. Girls asked guys for dates, or people just went stag ' ' or with a group of friends. Couples were also encouraged to dress as much alike as possible and they could pretend to be married for the evening. Most impor¬ tantly, dinner was at McDonald ' s, and there was no formalwear allowed. Sharing the week with Winter Festival was Valentines Day. As always Val-o- grams were sent out on Friday, Febru¬ ary 12. Try as the SCA might, they couldn ' t raise as much spirit as they did during Homecoming. Although posters ad¬ vertising Morp plastered the halls and announcements about dress-up days were heard daily, no one seemed real¬ ly aware of what was going on until a few students braved the cold in shorts for Beach Day. Signs of spring weren ' t far in com¬ ing. The Science Fair exploded into the library on February 24 when stu¬ dents dragged in their projects and set them up for display. The Mr. Poto¬ mac Pageant and the Foreign Lan¬ guage Festival were just around the corner, too. I hate winter because everything is so dead and confined indoors. So I just sit through the winter and wait for spring to come ' said senior Joely Hebert. Ups and Downs Getting some help at decorating the cafeteria, senior Cricket Mees instructs Ms. Wanda Peter¬ sen how to hang crepe paper. Winter Festivities 25

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’fp NATURAL LIQUID VITAMIN C FRESH SQUEEZED ' AUPO«W« FROZEN CONCENTRATE Winner Science Fair winner, freshman Chrissy Malanka explains to senior Kimberly Whitehurst which orange juice has the most Vitamin C. Ganging Up A group of seniors--Mike Fox, Debbie Anderson, Dave Kline, Debbie Jarvis, and Jana Rea--hang out at Morp. Said Jin Kang, The dance was a lot better than Homecoming ' 24 Winter Festivities

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Ouch! Ho matter how hard we tried, we were always getting an owie.” Some problems were serious enough to get us on the operating table--and then on crutches. I hate it when I get hurt playing soccer, because the first thing every¬ one asks is. What happened?” ' said junior Steve Lacey. The only advantage found in being disabled” was being able to leave class five minutes early. If a lower limb was hurt, we could use the eleva¬ tor to get upstairs. Although it felt like heaven crutching down the deserted halls while everyone else struggled through math class, it wasn ' t so nice once we were caught in the hall amid throngs of able-bodied students. I loved getting all the attention and getting to leave early, but once I got caught in the hall when classes got out and 1 got trampled,” said se¬ nior Joely Hebert. It was nice when everyone smoth¬ ered us with attention, but nothing felt better than tossing aside those crutches, casts, and band-aids. Said senior Travis Burks, nothing felt bet¬ ter than getting my cast off.” Agony In a rush to avoid being tardy and getting sent to the auditorium, senior Susan Qoble bashed her hand on an etagere, resulting in much pain. Braced After hurting her leg playing soccer, junior Shel¬ ley Eveslage was required to wear a brace for a few months after surgery. 26 Injuries